Summary:
The police also attested that a major share of accidents involving private buses were due to the use of poor quality tyres. Though the lack of safety exits was taken up quite seriously in the past, the drive to enforce it had lost steam owing to the poor staff strength in the MVD. With the declining on-road inspections, several bus owners cold-shoulder directives to repair emergency exists and fix doors in all city buses. more-inPutting commuters’ lives at risk, several city buses are run with worn-out tyres and without fixing even emergency exits, in an attempt to save money. When contacted, a motor vehicle inspector said drivers were all aware of the legal complications of using vehicles with poor fitness, and that no one would normally encourage it..